I find the “powered by our people” unit to be very ironic. Considering the Precision Scheduled Railroading layoffs in 2018 and early 2019, there are fewer and fewer people that actually power the railroad. In any company, the bottom line is king, and I see this unit as some kind of advertisement/appeasement to the people who are left.
In a few years, they may need to change that slogan to "powered by computers", as human crew-less trains might be a reality then.
A neat in the right place catch yesterday afternoon on the way home from the knee doctor. A Progress Rail GP38-2(?) #3805 on the Georgia Northeastern RR pushing and pulling a few cars across I-75 in Marietta GA. We were heading north (the wife was driving) and I managed to pry my white knuckled hands off the dash long enough for this grab shot.
That's actually a Patriot Rail GP38-3. It had been out in the Pacific NW. I believe Patriot has their HQ back in the southeast, so it may be en route back home?
Ahhh, yeah. Bull the dog and Mike the cat. There is also a car decorated like an organ with a monkey playing the keyboard and one like a decorated cake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikoma_Cable_Line
Time to let off a bit of steam in this heat with the QJ 2-10-2 #6988 during the Menlo Fire and Rescue’s “Ride The Rails” event, which also coincides with the town’s 150th Anniversary Celebration. Iowa Interstate Council Bluffs Sub June 29, 2019. Video runby— Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Up till at least 2008, this old workhorse (ex CB&Q 374, built October 1955) was still active in Great Falls, MT:
Quite the weathering job on NS 5237, a GP-38-2 built exactly 40 years ago for the SOU. [06/21/2019, Columbia, SC]
Based on cab lettering, I believe it was built for the CNO&TP under lease to the Southern, now NS, until 2026. Regardless, it's a great photo with an excellent prototype weathering example to follow.